The U.N. is at it again - Racism begins in the womb?

The United Nations "expert" on racism says that it begins "in the womb." No kidding. Also no explanation of how that is possible.

Racism and racial discrimination are on the upswing and becoming widespread throughout the world, with the current global situation confirming the worst expectations that man's worst tendencies are created in the womb, a United Nations expert on racism warned today.

While racial discrimination used to be the province of extremist far right political parties, it is now becoming a regular part of democratic systems, being blended in for example with the fight against terrorism, Doudou Diène, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance told the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Geneva.

Mr. Diene (sorry, we don't bother with the silly accent marks) goes on to describe the horrible "racist" actions taken in the "political context" of Denmark, basically saying that the Danes have a horrible culture. (He's on the side of the cartoon jihadist rioters, naturally.)

Racism and xenophobia are coming out of the closet, in a sense, and gradually creeping into the policies of mainstream political actors, Mr. Diène said. That fact is manifest not only in the backing away from cultural diversity manifested by many States, but also in restrictive policies regarding immigrants and asylum-seekers.

Speeches against immigrants, foreigners and asylum-seekers are becoming popular and intellectual legitimization is being granted to those currents, he added.

Referring to the recent controversial depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in Danish newspaper cartoons and the violent reactions, he said the cartoons illustrated the increasing emergence of the racist and xenophobic currents in everyday life. But the political context in Denmark was what had given birth to the cartoons.

It was one in which an extremist political party enjoyed 13 per cent of the vote and had formed part of the governing coalition. The development of Islamophobia or any racism and racial discrimination always took place in the context of the emergence of strong racist, extremist political parties and a corresponding absence of reaction against such racism by the country's political leaders, Mr. Diène said.

Who are the Special Rapporteurs of the U.N.?

Special Rapporteurs, who are unpaid and serve in a personal capacity, receive their mandates from the UN Commission on Human Rights.

And the UN Commission on Human Rights includes Syria, among other noteworthies.

What a worthless waste of taxpayer dollars, of whatever countries who contribute.

ADDED BONUS - Check out the new UN campaign against racism, and try to figure out what cartoon slams against Islam have to do with racism.